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Caption: "Lounge Room Windows - South Elevation." Drawing of Student Activities Building, Fresno State College. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1940
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Caption: "Sketch of Soda Fountain. Elevation" Color rendering by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Veterans Affairs.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Yoho National Park - British Columbia, Canada. Switchback in the highway. 200 ft. climb in 1/3 mile," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Department of Agriculture - Plant Quarantine Inspection Station - Ft. Yuma. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1930. This was one of the first border stations and was situated in desert country; its purpose was to provide a stopping place for inspection of motor traffic coming into California in order to enforce quarantine against insect infestation of California agricultural products. Project for Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1930
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Caption: "Government Building. Chicago Fair. Sept. 18, 1934." View of the Federal Building at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition, as seen from across the harbor. The three tall towers represent the three branches of the federal government. This building, towering over the Exposition, was featured on a commemorative US Postage Stamp issued in honor of the Exposition. A world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, the Expo celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms."
Date: 9/18/1934
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Caption: "Field Piece in Action." Unidentified location, c. 1905-1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "The Fatal Wedding," c. 1915, shows an unidentified bride, groom, and officiator at an outdoor wedding ceremony.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Swift Current Lake - McCloud Mountain in the distance, Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935